US EditionPhillip Ensler Joins Race for Alabama Lieutenant Governor
Phillip Ensler is the first Democrat to file for Alabama lieutenant governor, emphasizing practical solutions over culture wars amid a crowded Republican field.
- On Monday, Representative Phillip Ensler, state representative, D-Montgomery, filed initial paperwork to run for Alabama lieutenant governor, becoming the first Democrat to enter the race.
- Earlier this year he had said he would return to his native New York but reconsidered because his `heart is here in Alabama` and encouragement plus his late father influenced him.
- A lawyer and former teacher, Ensler was elected in 2022 after flipping House District 74 and has sponsored gun-violence legislation including the March Glock switch ban.
- The Republican and Democratic primaries are scheduled for May 19, 2025, with Ensler, a Democrat, running for lieutenant governor, while the Republican field includes Wes Allen, Rick Pate, Dean Odle, and Nicole Wadsworth.
- Ensler frames the campaign around practical issues rather than culture wars, prioritizing public safety, schools and health care while the office's authority was reduced after a 1999 partisan power struggle.
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Phillip Ensler to seek Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor
Rep. Phillip Ensler, D-Montgomery, speaks to a colleague on the floor of the Alabama House of Representatives on Feb. 15, 2024 at the Alabama Statehouse in Montgomery, Alabama. Ensler filed paperwork to run for lieutenant governor on Monday, according to public records. (Brian Lyman/Alabama Reflector)Rep. Phillip Ensler, D-Montgomery, filed to run for lieutenant governor on Monday, according to public records. Ensler was elected to Alabama State…
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CAMPAIGN 2026: State Representative Phillip Ensler of Montgomery has become the first Democrat to enter the race for lieutenant governor. Earlier this year, Ensler said he would not run for re-election to the Alabama Legislature, and would return to his native state of New York. Ensler says his mind has not been at peace ever since making that decision. The last Democrat to be elected lieutenant governor was Jim Folsom, Jr, in 2006. Ensler says …
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